Bulls' Boozer miffed at lack of clutch minutes

Summary of 7 articles · Updated Feb 5, 2014

"I think I should be out there," Boozer said on Monday. Carlos Boozer voiced his frustration Monday about his lack of playing time in the fourth quarter for the Chicago Bulls. Boozer, who could have the final year of his contract amnestied after this seas… (more)on, sounds certain that Thibodeau knows how he feels about the fourth-quarter situation. "He knows that," Boozer said. Boozer, who is routinely replaced by reserve big man Taj Gibson regardless of score or situation. What do you want Carlos Boozer to do, Mr. Forman? If he lies to the reporters and pretends not to care about sitting out fourth quarters, giving some “just as long as we win, I’m cool”-line, he’d be rightfully pilloried by both fans and media alike for his seeming indifference. So when we hit that six-minute mark it's based on what we're doing and what we need and that's the way it's going to be."

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In the midst of trying to push past the drama surrounding Carlos Boozer's recent comments about his frustration with a lack of playing time in the fourth quarter, Tom Thibodeau offered up a reminder to Boozer and everyone else that he's the man in charg…

On Monday morning, Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer was direct and honest when asked about his feelings surrounding the repeated fourth quarter benchings that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has saddled him with over the last four seasons. Boozer, who is r…

Carlos Boozer on his benchings: ‘I do want to be out there in the fourth quarter. Let’s make that clear’

The Chicago Bulls led the Eastern Conference with 11 wins in the month of January, a significant run for a team that played the stretch without Derrick Rose, without the traded Luol Deng for a good chunk of the term, and without Joakim Noah, Carlos Booz…